The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-12-02
GEMS FOR SOCIETY BELLIES,
The Diamond Merchants Return II
Washington.

The Diamond Merchants Return TO
Washington.
his Display OF Gems Last Season $500
900 Worth sOId-NIrs. whitney's
$4,000 NecI<Iace-A $4,000
Diamond Lost,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-One Of
the sensations in Washington socie-
tv during the last season was the
appearance of q noted dealer in
precious stones, who created Juror
among the ladies of the Cabinet
and high officials, and IN social
circles. lie approached society
with his gems from new direction
"a social one. A handsome and
cou1 teous gentleman himself, with
beautiful wife, both accustnm ed to
good social usagss, the diamond
merchant was able to reach the in.
ner circles of society. lie had quar-
tiers at the Arlington and within
few weeks after his arrival he had
Washington ladies in fever of ex-
element over the spIeLdid gems
with which he dazzled their eyes,
and all the husbands in Washing
ton going down into their pocket
books, and wishing the Cincinnati
merchant was III Jericho. When
the seasons closed, nearly 5000, 600
had pasIed into the pockets of the
dealer. Precious and rich and rare
were the gems that flashed upon
many a white neck aud arm Ia the
great society brushes Of the la tier
part of the season, whose owner had
trusted before Gnat to the power of
their own beauty unadorned.
One of the 6rst of the many stories
set aAoat about the craze for gems
was of the purchase by the Whit
neys of a 100000 necklace. In the
necklace we're forty stones, graded
from the great centre stone eAc h
way to stones Of the weight of q
thistle down. All the diamond
markets in the world had been
searched to accomplish the gradu
alton. Soon afterward there was a
story abo It some unpleasantness in
the household of a Westsrn poliu-
clan of national fame on account
of u loving wife opening a letter to
her husband containing a bill fol
diamonds which she had never re.
celved, and there were a good m any
explanations and friends called II
a peace, patched up By the purchase
of more diamonds, which did 60 to
the wife and not to some other per
SON.
1t was told of the wife of a far
Western Senator, that while sitting
in the parlOr of hotel, after hav-
ing sent up her card to the wife o
another Senator living at the hotel,
her attention was attracted to a
little group of ladies gathered
about the diamond merchant, who
had spread his wares on the piano
for their Inspection. She listened
to their "ahs" and "ohs'' and little
screams Of ecstatic a ImiratIon, and
then crossed the room and Joined
che group. She hand ed the gem.
with an appearance of indifference
blended with the air Of a connoisseur
The other ladies, wives of Congress
men and Government officials
stood back respectfully. Finally
she picked up a great carbuncie
pendant set in a double row of
pearls and diamonds. and said:
What do you value that al?"
Seventeen hundred dollars
was the reply.
The lady opened her reticule
took out 4 cheek book, made out >
check for the amount, put the pend j,
ant in her pocket, and calmly re.
suned her chair. She paraIvz4d
that coup of LADIES, and at Inc same
time added another jewel TO a col
lection which is already one Of the
richest owned by any American
lady.
The diamond merchant has re-
turned 10 Town, and is prepared
for another campaign. Last night
lac had an adventure in lie Ebbtt
\ House that made his hair curl. He
is noted tor dealing in gems of ex-
I traOrdinary size and value, aud IA
infrusteG with the sale OF such gems
by European and New York deal
ers. He took a friend sBto the
reading room of the hotel TO show |
him an extraordinary opal, clai .ned !
to be the largest and finest lii Amer.
lea, set IN diamonds. de st,rsa,t
out the stones on tie table. aua ,hey